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James Brown Video Available for Free Download at Leading Public Libraries
"Godfather of Soul" Live Concert Includes Career Greatest Hits
| Source: OverDrive, Inc.
CLEVELAND, OH -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 4, 2007 -- One of the final recorded concerts performed
by the late James Brown is available for free download for use on PCs,
notebooks and mobile players supporting Microsoft Windows Media. "James
Brown: Live from The House of Blues," a live concert video recorded in Las
Vegas in 2000, is one of the thousands of video titles accessible from
public libraries throughout the U.S.
Public libraries offering this high-voltage James Brown concert include
Boston Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, Cleveland Public Library,
Denver Public Library, King County Library System (WA), Las Vegas-Clark
County Library District, Los Angeles Public Library, New York Public
Library and Phoenix Public Library. These libraries are members of
OverDrive's Digital Library Reserve network, a web-based, digital media
service that provides patrons of member libraries the ability to download
popular digital audio books, eBooks, music and video. OverDrive serves
more than 4,000 public libraries with more than 50,000 downloadable titles
in a variety of popular formats.
To see if your library is a member of OverDrive's network, go to
www.dlrinc.com/ListLibraries.asp. To find other titles of eBooks, audio
books, music and videos available from public libraries, search within the
library web sites or go to www.ebooklocator.com.
"This James Brown video is just one of the popular video titles that are
now available from dozens of public libraries working with OverDrive in the
U.S. and abroad," said Erica Lazzaro, OverDrive Licensing Manager. "We are
continually working to attract new suppliers to include more video titles
that our libraries and their patrons want, and have been successful signing
leading video suppliers such as Image Entertainment, Magnolia Pictures,
HDNet, Weston Woods/Scholastic, Music Sales Corp., Venevision International
and A&E."
Examples of recently added videos to OverDrive's extensive digital media
e-warehouse include IMAX films (Image Entertainment), "The World's Fastest
Indian" (Magnolia Films), "Super Size Me" (Hart Sharp Video), the "Hot
Licks" series of music instructional videos taught by celebrity instructors
Brian Setzer, Buddy Guy and others (Music Sales Corp.), feature length
Spanish language movies (Venevision International), many instructional
videos for adults and children, and "Biography" and History Channel
programming from A&E Television Networks.
About "James Brown: Live from The House of Blues" (Image Entertainment)
The hardest working man in show business brings down the House of Blues
with a live concert event in Las Vegas. Also includes an interview with
Brown. Songs include: "Get Up Offa That Thing," "Living in America," "Soul
Man," "I Got the Feeling," "Prisoner of Love," "Georgia on My Mind," "Why
Don't You Do Right," "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "Payback," "I Feel
Good," "Papa Don't Take No Mess," "Please Please Please." Duration:
01:10:13.
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